AnalogSenses

By ÁLVARO SERRANO

Ships | What If by xkcd →

March 27, 2013 |

Sea levels will likely rise a few feet by the year 2100. Current fish wet biomass is about 2 billion tons, so removing them won’t make a dent either. (Marine fish biomass dropped by 80% over the last century, which—taking into consideration the growth rate of the world’s shipping fleet—leads to an odd conclusion: Sometime in the last few years, we reached a point where there are, by weight, more ships in the ocean than fish.)

I laughed when I first read this. Then I read it again and it scared the crap out of me.